Father teaches daughter a lesson about facebook...

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288. I have mixed feelings about this video.

On one hand, I have seen in the last 10 years the most spoiled kids ever. Each of my friends' children (some at a very young age) have in their rooms: flat screen TVs, video players (DVD or Blue Ray), smart phones, laptops, WIIs, X Boxes, iPods, iPads and every other gadget imaginable. Did these kids do anything to earn them? Mostly not.

As a society, we are raising children who are spoiled, entitled and assume that the world revolves around them. Well, these are tough times and they are going to hit a brick wall when they finally realize that the world can do just fine without them. I see the now adult version of these kids in the corporate world. They are arrogant, not very well rounded and have a lousy work ethic.

What values are we teaching our children? I went to visit a friend and all four of them (mother, father, 11 and 15 year old girls), were on some gadget. Do people talk to each other anymore? Don't get me wrong, I love being on the computer, but there's a time and place for everything.

The girl in this video may be spoiled, but we are only seeing the dad's version of the story. He may be right and she could be a spoiled brat, but on the other hand, she could just have been venting. Who doesn't vent about their parents, school, job, mate, etc.? Goodness knows I have said things in the heat of the moment that I didn't really mean. Her mistake was posting it on Facebook.

He rfather had a right to be upset, but I do think that destroying the laptop was way over the top. They are not cheap and he could have withheld it from her until she realized that she needed to be more respectful or he could have donated it. But shooting it? I found that disturbing.

Parenting and raising kids has never been easy, but the internet and social networks have made it worse.